The Internet service Skype reports a usage record: the platform will be used daily for more than two billion minutes to chat and phone calls, Skype CEO Tony Bates said Wednesday in the company blog.

Skype has established itself as a daily means of communication, Bates wrote. to the Microsoft +0.29% owned platform claims to monthly used by more than 300 million people actively. At peak times, 50 million users are connected simultaneously via Skype, the company explains. The useful life increased in the first quarter compared to the previous year by 58 percent.